Pooja Ramesh Singh v. Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd. & Anr., 2026 INSC 668
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India's Supreme Court (Justices Narasimha and Aradhe) set aside NCLT and NCLAT orders that had relied on fake, AI-hallucinated precedents, holding a decision resting even partly on fabricated authority is 'no decision in law'. It adopted a zero-tolerance approach, called citing unverified AI cases advocate misconduct, and asked the Bar Council of India to frame rules.
- Date of decision/order
- 2026-07-02
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Jurisdiction
- INDIA
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The NCLT and NCLAT decided an insolvency guarantee matter relying on precedents that did not exist — fake, AI-hallucinated judgments, some carrying wrong citations and others wholly invented. The Supreme Court found the tribunals' reasoning rested partly on this fabricated authority.
- Consequence
- See outcome
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